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  1. youtu.be/Fshsk8MCAf4?si=Y82RJ-

    An open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet built to protect user privacy. Now Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez is headed to prison.

    Prosecutors argue that promoting privacy tools shows criminal intent. If developers can be jailed for writing code, open source and digital privacy are in danger. — watch the full interview.

    #OpenSource #Privacy #FreeSpeech #PrivacyMatters #DigitalPrivacy #CodeIsSpeech #CivilLiberties #HumanRights #PrivacyIsARight

  2. CW: Long thread/57

    Let me start by saying: I don't think it should be illegal for programmers to design and release these tools. #CodeIsSpeech, and we can't understand how this stuff works if we can't study it.

    57/

  3. But, at the moment, I think the reality is that the systems we are talking about do not pose the same kind of societal risks as, say, encryption software did back when its public distribution was prohibited by USA regulation.

    Are there risks of harms? Yes, absolutely. Do we need to hold back making things truly open source? No, I (personally speaking) don't think so.

    #CodeIsSpeech
    eff.org/cases/bernstein-v-us-d